The '212' raptress explains her decision to lighten her skin, saying it's similar to getting a hair weave.
- Jul 4, 2016
AceShowbiz - After Lil' Kim, Azealia Banks is the latest celebrity who wants to change her skin color. The Manhattan-born raptress has admitted to bleaching her skin and taken to Facebook to explain her decision to use products to make her skin lighter.
In a lengthy video posted on Saturday, July 2, the 25-year-old compared skin lightening to getting a hair weave. "What's the difference between getting a nose job and changing your skin color? What's the difference between getting a hair weave or changing your skin color? Nobody was upset when I was wearing 30-inch weaves and tearing out my edges. You guys loved it, but what is the difference? I don't understand what the difference is," she said.
She also explained her decision to change her skin color, saying that it's an attempt to assimilate into American society. She, however, claimed that changing her skin color didn't negate her views on blackness.
"To say that it negates anything that I've said about this current situations of blackness in America is stupid," the Harlem native argued. "What do body modifications have to do with someone's intellect? The two don't correlate."
Upon learning of Banks' decision to lighten her skin, some of her fans took to Twitter to express their concern. "I'm not going to attack Azealia Banks for wanting to bleach her skin. I'm gonna send good messages and hope she doesn't end up like Lil Kim," one user wrote.
Another tweep posted, "isnt it hilarious that Azealia Banks spent the last couple years insulting iggy azalea and white people and now she's trying to become white."
